The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Charles Preston (1660 - 1711)
Botanist and physician. About 1700 he established a botanical garden on the family estate at Gorton. He succeeded James Sutherland in 1706 as professor of botany in the University of Edinburgh, with oversight of the the city's Physic Garden and the university's botanical garden. Dictionary of National Biography entry: doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/47084 Relevant locations: Educated at University of Edinburgh, EdinburghWorkplace or place of business University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
Workplace or place of business Edinburgh Physic Garden, Edinburgh
Relationships: Charles Preston was a correspondent of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)
Charles Preston was a correspondent of Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
Charles Preston was a associate or acquaintance (general) of James Sutherland (1638-1719)
Linked print sources: as Subject of/in a document - The History of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh: the Prestons.
References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 266. Lychnis
281.Tournefort Paris , Charles Preston ,
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